So – it’s
probably about time that I write something about the Presidential Election in
the US of A. Not being an American citizen
makes this so much easier too. In the
USA there is a “law” known as the “the Johnson Amendment”, which refers to a change in the U.S.
tax code made in 1954 which prohibited tax-exempt organizations
from endorsing or opposing political candidates.
Churches
and Religious Organizations
It’s good to
know that Churches and Religious Organizations are tax exempt
organizations. But at what cost does
this come? They are prohibited from
endorsing or opposing political candidates.
Which leads
me to ask? Where are the Jesus-like
Church leaders? Where are the
Peters? Where are the Johns?
Mahatma Gandhi
is known for having said: I like your
Christ, I do not like your Christians.
Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.
If we
examine that along with how Church leaders are in regards to not speaking out
about the political candidates – I’d say they are a bunch of cowards. Church leaders should do as Jesus did, even
if that means being penalized. They
should do as Peter and John did to the point that they would be whipped for
doing what is “wrong” in the eyes of the law – in order to do what is right for
people.
It would be
right for Church leaders to advise people that neither Hillary nor Trump should
be President – yet here we are with these two as the Presidential candidates.
Gandhi – is also
known for having read repeatedly the Sermon on the Mount – a sermon that is the
most powerful sermon in history.
Examining this sermon we see Jesus repeatedly say:
- “Ye have heard that it was said of them of old time”
- “Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time”
- “ It hath been said”
- “ Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time”
And it goes
on and on…..just read Chapter 5 of Matthew and you will see.
So – the Bible
even demonstrates the Hebrews as not always having had a King – for God was
their King……
BUT…
Samuel 8:6 -
But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us.
Samuel 8:7 And
the Lord said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in
all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have
rejected me, that I should not reign over them
Samuel
8:10-18
And Samuel
told all the words of the Lord unto the people that asked of him a
king.
11 And
he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will
take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his
horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots.
12 And
he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and
will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his
instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots.
13 And
he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be
bakers.
14 And
he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the
best of them, and give them to his servants.
15 And
he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his
officers, and to his servants.
16 And
he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young
men, and your asses, and put them to his work.
17 He
will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.
18 And
ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen
you; and the Lord will not hear you in that day.
One thing
that it doesn’t say…….BUT if it were asked to Jesus I’m sure it would have gone
something like this:
- Lord, is it ok to have a President to watch over us?
- No – you should only have God to watch over you
- But Lord – why did Samuel give us King Saul?
- King Saul? Because of the hardness of your hearts! But from the beginning it was not so. In the beginning, it was God in the garden with people, with God as King. In Heaven it is God with his people – and may God’s will be done on earth as it is in Heaven without Presidents and kings.
Christian
leaders don’t teach you this though.
Instead they teach you to support our Government leaders and so on; which
this is true from a certain perspective.
The only thing is – we should be praying for our Government leaders that
they would come to know the truth and depart from politics.
Instead
Church leaders are silent. When people
say a judgement is coming upon America, this may be true and God is allowing it
to happen – but mostly because Church leaders are silent. They are being “paid off” likely in some
way(tax exemptions).
Here’s the
judgement for those Church Leaders, as stated in Ezekiel 3:18 When I say unto
the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor
speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same
wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine
hand.
It would be
better for the Church leaders to speak out and face the consequences of the law
and perhaps lose their tax exemption – than to remain silent.
Speaking out
should not be done in the way John Hagee has done though. He’s clearly a puppet in doing something and
his prophecy teachings are a farce. BUT
it can be assumed he’s supporting Trump.
What Church
leaders should be doing is teaching the ways of old – and why the political
leaders in power are putting in Principalities that are just horrible.
Ephesians
6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities,
against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against
spiritual wickedness in high places.
The only way
to rid of these powers is to stop supporting them and to start supporting God
and each other.
